SMC Networks SMC TigerStack 1000 SMC8724M Programming manual

TigerStack 10G
Gigabit Ethernet Switch
◆24/48 auto-MDI/MDI-X 10/100/1000BASE-T ports
◆4 ports shared with 4 SFP transceiver slots
◆Non-blocking switching architecture
◆Support for a redundant power unit
◆Spanning Tree Protocol, RSTP, and MSTP
◆Up to 32 LACP or static 8-port trunks
◆Layer 2/3/4 CoS support through eight priority queues
◆Layer 3/4 traffic priority with IP Precedence and IP DSCP
◆Full support for VLANs with GVRP
◆IGMP multicast filtering and snooping
◆Support for jumbo frames up to 9 KB
◆Manageable via console, Web, and SNMP/RMON
Management Guide
SMC8724M
SMC8748M

38 Tesla
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone: [phone]
TigerStack 10G
Management Guide
From SMC’s Tiger line of feature-rich workgroup LAN solutions
October 2004
Pub. # 150200049000A

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SMC Networks, Inc.
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C ONTENTS
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1
Key Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Description of Software Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
System Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
2 Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Connecting to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Required Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Remote Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Stack Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Selecting the Stack Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Master Backup Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Recovering from Stack Failure or Topology Change . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Broken Link for Line and Wrap-around Topologies . . . . . 2-6
IP Interface for Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Resilient Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Renumbering the Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Basic Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Console Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Setting Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Setting an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Manual Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Dynamic Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Enabling SNMP Management Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Community Strings (for SNMP version 1 and 2c clients) . 2-13
Trap Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Configuring Access for SNMP Version 3 Clients . . . . . . . 2-14
Saving Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Managing System Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
3 Configuring the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Using the Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Navigating the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

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Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Basic Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Displaying System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Displaying Switch Hardware/Software Versions . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Displaying Bridge Extension Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Setting the Switch’s IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Manual Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Using DHCP/BOOTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Managing Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Downloading System Software from a Server . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Saving or Restoring Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Downloading Configuration Settings from a Server . . . . . 3-27
Console Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Telnet Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Configuring Event Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
System Log Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Remote Log Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Displaying Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Sending Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Alerts . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Renumbering the Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Resetting the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Setting the System Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
Setting the Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Simple Network Management Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
Enabling the SNMP Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Setting Community Access Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Specifying Trap Managers and Trap Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Configuring SNMPv3 Management Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
Setting an Engine ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51
Configuring SNMPv3 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52
Configuring SNMPv3 Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54
Setting SNMPv3 Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56
User Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-58
Configuring User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59